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US8812735B2 US12/899,178 US89917810A US8812735B2 US 8812735 B2 US8812735 B2 US 8812735B2 US 89917810 A US89917810 A US 89917810A US 8812735 B2 US8812735 B2 US 8812735B2
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  • the present disclosure relates to a content reproduction system, a content reproduction apparatus, a program, a content reproduction method, and providing a content server.
  • HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol
  • MP4 ISO/IEC-14496-12, 14
  • MP4 can be used not only as a storage format, but also as a transmission format for downloading, streaming or the like.
  • IIS Smooth Streaming Technical Overview Alex Zambelli, Microsoft Corporation, March 2009 describes how to perform streaming of content via the Internet by using HTTP and MP4. More specifically, “IIS Smooth Streaming Technical Overview,” Alex Zambelli, Microsoft Corporation, March 2009 describes that a server stores encoded files in the MP4 format encoded at different bit rates and successively sends segments constituting encoded files appropriate for network conditions.
  • the server side determines an encoded file a segment of which is to be transmitted in a system in related art and thus, there is an issue that loads on the server side increase. Moreover, information such as a time during which a segment is reproduced (a relative time from the start of content) is not provided to the client, which makes it difficult to perform a trick play such as variable-speed reproduction or to perform reproduction by jumping to the relative time (seek reproduction).
  • the method may include encoding the content in first and second formats; storing the encoded content in first and second files; receiving a request for a formatted segment, the formatted segment comprising a portion of the encoded data in the second file, and the request including position information identifying a location of the formatted segment; and transmitting the formatted segment.
  • an apparatus for transmitting content may include an encoder configured to encode the content in first and second formats; a storage unit configured to store the encoded content in first and second files; a receiver configured to receive a request for a formatted segment, the formatted segment comprising a portion of the encoded data in the second file, and the request including position information identifying a location of the formatted segment; and a transmitter configured to transmit the formatted segment.
  • a method for receiving content in a receiving apparatus may include receiving a first segment of the content, the first segment having a first format; receiving, from a transmitting apparatus, a second segment of the content, the second segment having a second format; monitoring a network status between the receiving apparatus and the transmitting apparatus; and selecting the first segment or the second segment based on the monitored network status.
  • a method for encoding content may include encoding the content to generate content in a first format; encoding the content to generate content in a second format; processing portion information identifying to a portion of the content in the second format; and adding the portion information to the content in the first format.
  • a method for decoding content may include receiving encoded data, the encoded data including a first section comprising description information and a second section comprising a first-format segment containing content encoded in the first format, the description information including position information; decoding the first-format segment of encoded content; and generating a request for a second-format segment of the encoded content, the second-format segment corresponding to the first-format segment and the request includes at least a portion of the position information.
  • an apparatus for receiving content in a receiving apparatus may include a receiving unit configured to receive, from a transmitting apparatus, a first segment in a first format and a second segment in a second format, the first segment and the second segment including a portion of the content; a monitoring unit configured to monitor a network status between the receiving apparatus and the transmitting apparatus; and a selecting unit configured to select the first segment or the second segment based on the monitored network status.
  • an apparatus for encoding content may include an encoder configured to encode the content to generate content in a first format and a second format content; a processing unit configured to process portion information identifying a portion of the content in the second format; and an adding unit configured to add the portion information to the content in the first format.
  • FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing the configuration of a content reproduction system according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing the flow of data in the content reproduction system according to the present embodiment
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of a content reproduction apparatus
  • FIG. 4 is a function block diagram showing the configuration of a content server according to the present embodiment
  • FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing the configuration of a general MP4 file
  • FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing the configuration of an MP4 file generated by a file generation unit in the present embodiment
  • FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a modification of the MP4 file generated by the file generation unit in the present embodiment
  • FIG. 8 is a function block diagram showing the configuration of a content reproduction apparatus according to the present embodiment.
  • FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram showing an operation of the content reproduction system according to the present embodiment.
  • FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing a modification of the MP4 file generated by the file generation unit in the present embodiment
  • FIG. 11 is an explanatory view showing a modification of the MP4 file generated by the file generation unit in the present embodiment.
  • FIG. 12 is an explanatory view showing a modification of the MP4 file generated by the file generation unit in the present embodiment.
  • a content reproduction system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will schematically be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 .
  • FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing the configuration of a content reproduction system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the content reproduction system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a content server 10 (e.g., transmitting apparatus), a network 12 , and a content reproduction apparatus 20 (e.g., client and/or receiving apparatus).
  • the content server 10 and the content reproduction apparatus 20 are connected via the network 12 .
  • the network 12 is a wire or wireless transmission path of information transmitted from an apparatus connected to the network 12 .
  • the network 12 may contain, for example, a public network such as the Internet, a telephone network, and a satellite communication network or LAN (Local Area Network) or WAN (Wide Area Network) including Ethernet (registered trademark).
  • the network 12 may also contain a leased line network such as IP-VPN (Internet Protocol-Virtual Private Network).
  • the content server 10 encodes content data to generate and store a data file containing encoded data (e.g., first-format segments and/or second format segments) and meta-information (e.g., description information and/or portion information) of the encoded data.
  • encoded data e.g., first-format segments and/or second format segments
  • meta-information e.g., description information and/or portion information
  • Content data may be music data of music, lectures, radio programs and the like, video data of movies, TV programs, video programs, photos, documents, pictures, charts and the like, games, software and the like.
  • the content server 10 generates a plurality of data files from the same content at different bit rates (e.g., compression formats). Relevant points will be described more specifically below with reference to FIG. 2 .
  • FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing the flow of data in the content reproduction system 1 according to the present embodiment.
  • the content server 10 encodes the same content data at different bit rates to generate, for example, as shown in FIG. 2 , a file A at 2 Mbps, a file B at 1.5 Mbps, and a file C at 1 Mbps.
  • the file A is relatively at a high bit rate, the file B at a standard bit rate, and the file C at a low bit rate.
  • encoded data of each file is divided into a plurality of segments.
  • encoded data of the file A is divided into segments (e.g., first format segments) “A 1 ”, “A 2 ”, “A 3 ”, . . . , “An”
  • encoded data of the file B into segments (e.g., second format segments) “B 1 ”, “B 2 ”, “B 3 ”, . . . , “Bn”
  • encoded data of the file C into segments “C 1 ”, “C 2 ”, “C 3 ”, . . . , “Cn”.
  • Each segment is constituted by samples constituted by one or two or more pieces of video encoded data and audio encoded data that begin with sync samples (for example, IDR-pictures for video encoding of AVC/H.264) of MP4 and can be reproduced alone. If, for example, video data of 30 frames/second is encoded by GOP (Group of Picture) of 15 frames fixed length, each segment may be video and audio encoded data of 2 seconds corresponding to 4 GPO or video and audio encoded data of 10 seconds corresponding to 20 GPO.
  • sync samples for example, IDR-pictures for video encoding of AVC/H.264
  • GOP Group of Picture
  • Reproduction ranges ranges of time positions from the start of content by segments whose arrangement order in each file is the same are the same. For example, the reproduction range of the segment “A 2 ”, that of the segment “B 2 ”, and that of the segment “C 2 ” are the same and if each segment is encoded data of two seconds, the reproduction ranges of the segment “A 2 ”, the segment “B 2 ”, and the segment “C 2 ” are all 2 seconds to 4 seconds of content.
  • the content server 10 After generating the file A to the file C each constituted by the plurality of segments, the content server 10 stores the file A to the file C. Then, as shown in FIG. 2 , the content server 10 sequentially sends segments constituting different files to the content reproduction apparatus 20 and the content reproduction apparatus 20 reproduces the received segments as streaming.
  • a display apparatus is shown in FIG. 1 as an example of the content reproduction apparatus 20 , but the content reproduction apparatus 20 is not limited to such an example.
  • the content reproduction apparatus 20 may be an information processing apparatus such as a PC (Personal Computer), home video processing apparatus (such as a DVD recorder and VCR), PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), home game machine, and home electric appliance.
  • the content reproduction apparatus 20 may be an information processing apparatus such as a mobile phone, PHS (Personal Handyphone System), portable music reproducing apparatus, portable video processing apparatus, and portable game machine.
  • segments in accordance with network conditions are transmitted from the content server 10 .
  • adaptive streaming can be realized while reducing loads on the server side.
  • the content reproduction system 1 in the present embodiment most of standards such as HTTP and MP4 are supported and also compatibility with existing apparatuses can be maintained.
  • the content reproduction apparatus 20 and the content server 10 constituting the content reproduction system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described below in detail.
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the content reproduction apparatus 20 .
  • the content reproduction apparatus 20 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 201 , a ROM (Read Only Memory) 202 , a RAM (Random Access Memory) 203 , and a host bus 204 .
  • the content reproduction apparatus 20 also includes a bridge 205 , an external bus 206 , an interface 207 , an input device 208 , an output device 210 , a storage device (HDD) 211 , a drive 212 , and a communication device 215 .
  • HDMI storage device
  • the CPU 201 functions as an arithmetic processing apparatus and a control apparatus to control overall operations of the content reproduction apparatus 20 according to various programs.
  • the CPU 201 may be a microprocessor, a processing unit, an adding unit, and/or a request unit.
  • the ROM 202 stores programs, arithmetic parameters and the like used by the CPU 201 .
  • the RAM 203 temporarily stores programs used for execution by the CPU 201 and parameters that appropriately change during execution thereof. These units are mutually connected by the host bus 204 composed of a CPU bus or the like.
  • the host bus 204 is connected to the external bus 206 such as a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect/Interface) bus via the bridge 205 .
  • the host bus 204 , the bridge 205 , and the external bus 206 are not necessarily constituted separately and these functions may be implemented by one bus.
  • the input device 208 is constituted by an input means used by a user to input information such as a mouse, keyboard, touch panel, button, microphone, switch, and lever and an input control circuit that generates an input signal based on input by the user and outputs the input signal to the CPU 201 .
  • the user of the content reproduction apparatus 20 can input various kinds of data into the content reproduction apparatus 20 and issue instructions of a processing operation by operating the input device 208 .
  • the output device 210 contains, for example, a display device such as a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) display device, liquid crystal display (LCD) device, OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) device, and lamp. Further, the output device 210 contains an audio output device such as a speaker and headphone. The output device 210 outputs, for example, reproduced content. More specifically, the display device displays various kinds of information such as reproduced video data as text or images. The audio output device, on the other hand, converts reproduced audio data or the like into sound and outputs the sound.
  • a display device such as a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) display device, liquid crystal display (LCD) device, OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) device, and lamp.
  • the output device 210 contains an audio output device such as a speaker and headphone.
  • the output device 210 outputs, for example, reproduced content. More specifically, the display device displays various kinds of information such as reproduced video data as text or images
  • the storage device 211 is a device for data storage constituted as an example of the storage unit of the content reproduction apparatus 20 according to the present embodiment.
  • the storage device 211 may contain a storage medium, a recording device that records data in the storage medium, a reading device that reads data from the storage medium, or a deletion device that deletes data recorded in the storage medium.
  • the storage device 211 is constituted by, for example, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive).
  • the storage device 211 drives the hard disk and stores programs executed by the CPU 201 and various kinds of data.
  • the drive 212 is a reader writer for storage medium and is attached to the content reproduction apparatus 20 internally or externally.
  • the drive 212 reads information recorded in an inserted removable storage medium 24 such as a magnetic disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, and semiconductor memory and outputs the information to the RAM 203 .
  • the drive 212 can also write information into the removable storage medium 24 .
  • the communication device 215 is a communication interface constituted by, for example, communication devices for connecting to the network 12 .
  • the communication device 215 may be a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) compatible communication device, LTE (Long Term Evolution) compatible communication device, or wire communication device that performs communication by wire.
  • LTE Long Term Evolution
  • Hardware of the content server 10 can be constituted substantially in the same manner as that of the content reproduction apparatus 20 and thus, a description thereof is omitted.
  • FIG. 4 is a function block diagram showing the configuration of the content server 10 according to the present embodiment.
  • the content server 10 according to the present embodiment includes a file generation unit 120 , a storage unit 130 , and a communication unit 140 .
  • the file generation unit 120 includes an encoder 122 that encodes content data to generate an MP4 file containing encoded data and metadata thereof. More specifically, the file generation unit 120 generates a plurality of MP4 files having encoded data at different bit rates from the same content.
  • the configuration of a general MP4 file will be described below with reference to FIG. 5 and then, the configuration of an MP4 file generated by the file generation unit 120 in the present embodiment will be described.
  • FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing the configuration of a general MP4 file.
  • the MP4 file contains “moov” and “mdat”.
  • “mdat” is encoded data of video and audio.
  • H.264/AVC is used for video encoding and HE-AAC for audio encoding.
  • “moov” contains access information (e.g., description information and/or, portion information) to each segment contained in “mdat” such as “trak (video)” and “trak (audio)”.
  • the access information includes, for example, location information (byte offset) of each sample and reproduction time information.
  • dinf is defined in MP4 as a data box to refer to other external files. If, as shown in FIG. 5 , “moov” refers to “mdat” contained in the same MP4 file, the value of “dinf” is “null”. In the present embodiment, by contrast, as will be described with reference to FIG. 6 , a noticeable effect can be achieved by making full use of this “dinf”.
  • FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing the configuration of an MP4 file generated by the file generation unit 120 in the present embodiment.
  • the file generation unit 120 generates a plurality of MP4 file A to MP4 file C containing “mdat” at different bit rates from the same content.
  • segments are data divided by a boundary of MP4 Sync Sample of video and video encoded data and audio encoded data are arranged in a segment after being interleaved. Segments are continuously arranged in mdat in the time sequence in which content is reproduced. Video and audio are encoded so as to yield the same reproduction time of segments of each data file at different bit rates.
  • video encoded data and audio encoded data are arranged in such a way that an IDR picture is present at the head of a segment, so that data can be switched to data at a different bit rate in segments.
  • the position of each segment is the position of Sync Sample and the content reproduction apparatus 20 can read segment data from each data file based on the segment position obtained from information of Sample Description box in “moov” or in combination with Sync sample table box contained therein.
  • one video frame is set to be one Sample to create a Sync Sample, which is a Sample in which an IDR picture is present once in 30 frames, and Sync sample table box is provided in Sample Description box.
  • “mdat” of the MP4 file B (first data file) is constituted by segments B 1 to Bn whose bit rate is 1.5 Mbps
  • “mdat” of the MP4 file C (second data file) is constituted by segments C 1 to Cn whose bit rate is 1 Mbps
  • “mdat” of the MP4 file A (third data file) is constituted by segments A 1 to An whose bit rate is 2 Mbps.
  • “moov” of the MP4 file B contains “trak (videoB)” and “trak (audioB)” to access the segments B 1 to Bn constituting the same file.
  • “moov” of the MP4 file B contains “trak (videoC′)” and “trak (audioC′)” to access the segments C 1 to Cn constituting the MP4 file C.
  • the URL of the MP4 file C is described in “dinf” of “trak (videoC′)” and “trak (audioC′)”. More specifically, the URL of the MP4 file C is described in the ‘location’ field in the syntax of “dinf” shown below. Moreover, position information (byte offset in a file) of each Sample and Sync Sample segments C 1 to Cn is obtained from information of Sample Description Box of a video track described in “trak (videoC′)” and “trak (audioC′)”.
  • “moov” of the MP4 file B contains “trak (videoA′)” and “trak (audioA′)” to access the segments A 1 to An constituting the MP4 file A. That is, the URL of the MP4 file A is described in “dinf” of “trak (videoA′)” and “trak (audioA′)”.
  • the content reproduction apparatus 20 does not use these for adaptive streaming described later.
  • the content reproduction apparatus 20 does not use these for adaptive streaming described later.
  • an MP4 file according to the present embodiment can be used not only for streaming, but also for downloading. The reason therefor will be described by comparing with a case where a plurality of “mdat” having different bit rates is generated in the same file.
  • the client will download the whole file containing the plurality of “mdat”. Thus, an issue arises that the amount of download data and the download time will unnecessarily double.
  • an MP4 file containing only one “mdat” among the plurality of “mdat” with different bit rates can be downloaded.
  • the content reproduction apparatus 20 can download, among the plurality of “mdat” with different bit rates, the MP4 file A containing only “mdat” at a high bit rate. Therefore, the client can download while curbing the amount of download data and the download time.
  • the file generation unit 120 may write information whether media data referred to by each “trak” belongs to a group of alternative media data obtained by encoding at different bit rates into “minfo” of each track in “moov” of the file B.
  • the following extended block may be provided in the syntax of “minfo” shown below to write the identification number of a group of alternative media data into “alternative_media_group”, “ ⁇ uuid_value>: T. B. D” into “extended_type”, and “0” into “flags”.
  • the content reproduction apparatus 20 can recognize that segments of media data belonging to a group of alternative media data can be replaced by compatible segments in other media data belonging to the same group.
  • the maximum bit rate maxbitrate and the average bit rate avgbitrate of media are also described, which can be used by the content reproduction apparatus 20 to determine the encoded data segments of which are to be acquired.
  • the content reproduction apparatus 20 can determine whether an MP4 file is generated according to a method in the present embodiment by checking “minfo” in “moov” of the MP4 file. Then, if the MP4 file is a file generated according to a method in the present embodiment, the content reproduction apparatus 20 can request, as described later, adaptive streaming from the content server 10 .
  • FIG. 6 An example in which an MP4 file is mainly constituted by “moov” and “mdat” is shown in FIG. 6 , but the configuration of an MP4 file is not limited to such an example.
  • access information contained in “moov” shown in FIG. 6 may be arranged, as shown in FIG. 7 , in a distributed manner by using “moov” and “moof”.
  • FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a modification of the MP4 file generated by the file generation unit 120 in the present embodiment.
  • “moov” is arranged at the head of each file and then, “mdat” and “moof” are arranged alternately.
  • “moov” of the MP4 file B contains “trak” in which access information to each segment of the MP4 files B, A, and C and Sample Description box to access subsequent “mdat”.
  • Each “moof” of the MP4 file B contains a plurality of “traf” corresponding to “trak” described in “moov” and “traf” contains information to access each segment of “mdat” subsequent to each file.
  • the MP4 files C and A may also have “moov” and “moof” described therein, but like the above example, the content reproduction apparatus 20 does not use these for adaptive streaming.
  • the amounts of data of “moov” at the head of the MP4 file B and each “moof” can be made smaller, so that the acquisition time of “moov” at the head can be curbed and information of “moov” and “moof” held by the content reproduction apparatus 20 in a buffer 230 can be reduced.
  • “moof” and corresponding mdat can be generated independently and thus can be used for streaming of live content such as live broadcasting.
  • the present embodiment is also applicable to the format shown in FIG. 7 in which “moov”, “moof”, and “mdat” are arranged in a distributed manner.
  • the storage unit 130 of the content server 10 shown in FIG. 4 is a storage medium that stores a plurality of MP4 files generated by the file generation unit 120 .
  • the storage unit 130 may be a storage medium such as a nonvolatile memory, magnetic disk, optical disk, and MO (Magneto Optical) disk.
  • the nonvolatile memory includes, for example, an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory) and EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM).
  • the magnetic disk includes a hard disk and disc-like magnetic disk.
  • the optical disk includes a CD (Compact Disc), DVD-R (Digital Versatile Disc Recordable), and BD (Blu-ray Disc®).
  • the communication unit 140 is an interface with the content reproduction apparatus 20 and communicates with the content reproduction apparatus 20 via the network 12 . More specifically, the communication unit 140 has a function as an HTTP server that communicates with the content reproduction apparatus 20 according to HTTP. For example, the communication unit 140 extracts data requested from the content reproduction apparatus 20 according to HTTP from the storage unit 130 and transmits the data to the content reproduction apparatus 20 as an HTTP response.
  • FIG. 8 is a function block diagram showing the configuration of the content reproduction apparatus 20 according to the present embodiment.
  • the content reproduction apparatus 20 according to the present embodiment includes an acquisition unit 220 , the buffer 230 , a reproduction unit 240 , and a selection unit 250 .
  • the acquisition unit 220 is an interface with the content server 10 and requests data from the content server 10 to acquire the data from the content server 10 . More specifically, the acquisition unit 220 has a function as an HTTP client that communicates with the content reproduction apparatus 20 according to HTTP. For example, the acquisition unit 220 can partially acquire a portion (moov or a segment) of an MP4 file from the content server 10 by using HTTP Range.
  • the buffer 230 sequentially buffers segments acquired by the acquisition unit 220 from the content server 10 . Segments buffered in the buffer 230 are sequentially supplied to the reproduction unit 240 according to FIFO (First In First Out).
  • FIFO First In First Out
  • the reproduction unit 240 sequentially reproduces segments supplied from the buffer 230 . More specifically, the reproduction unit 240 performs segment decoding, DA conversion, and rendering.
  • the selection unit 250 sequentially selects from within the same content an MP4 file a segment of which is to be acquired, that is, a segment having a bit rate to be acquired in accordance with conditions of the network 12 . If, for example, the selection unit 250 successively selects segments “A 1 ”, “B 2 ”, and “A 3 ”, as shown in FIG. 2 , the acquisition unit 220 successively acquires the segments “A 1 ”, “B 2 ”, and “A 3 ” from the content server 10 .
  • the acquisition unit 220 acquires “moov” of an MP4 file prior to the acquisition of segments and a segment selected by the selection unit 250 can be acquired from the content server 10 by specifying access information contained in the “moov”.
  • the selection unit 250 may indirectly grasp conditions of the network 12 by monitoring buffering conditions of the buffer 230 .
  • the selection unit 250 may select segments at the standard bit rate (for example, 1.5 Mbps). For example, the content reproduction apparatus 20 starts reproduction of streaming after temporarily accumulating 90 samples at the standard bit rate (for three seconds) and continues the reproduction while reading subsequent segment data and if data in the buffer 230 during reproduction is in the range of 75 to 105 samples, the selection unit 250 selects segments at the standard bit rate.
  • the standard bit rate for example 1.5 Mbps.
  • the content reproduction apparatus 20 starts reproduction of streaming after temporarily accumulating 90 samples at the standard bit rate (for three seconds) and continues the reproduction while reading subsequent segment data and if data in the buffer 230 during reproduction is in the range of 75 to 105 samples, the selection unit 250 selects segments at the standard bit rate.
  • the selection unit 250 may select segments at a low bit rate (for example, 1 Mbps). If, for example, data in the buffer 230 during reproduction falls to 75 samples or less, the selection unit 250 selects segments at a low bit rate.
  • the selection unit 250 may select segments at a high bit rate (for example, 2 Mbps). If, for example, data in the buffer 230 during reproduction increases to 105 samples or more, the selection unit 250 selects segments at a high bit rate. Further, if the number of segments in the buffer 230 reaches 120 so that segments are sufficiently accumulated, the selection unit 250 temporarily stops reading and when the number thereof falls 120 or below, the selection unit 250 restarts reading.
  • a high bit rate for example, 2 Mbps.
  • the content reproduction apparatus 20 may determine the band of the network 12 by actually transmitting a dummy packet to the network 12 or may determine the band of the network 12 based on the acquisition speed of segments by the acquisition unit 220 .
  • FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram showing the operation of the content reproduction system 1 according to the present embodiment.
  • the acquisition unit 220 of the content reproduction apparatus 20 requests the transmission of “moov” of the MP4 file B concerning some content through “HTTP: GET URL-B with Range” from the content server 10 (S 304 ).
  • the communication unit 140 of the content server 10 transmits “moov” of the MP4 file B to the content reproduction apparatus 20 as “HTTP: Response” (S 308 ). It is assumed that URL-B of the MP4 file B is described in metadata information of the content and the content reproduction apparatus 20 has acquired the content.
  • the buffer 230 of the content reproduction apparatus 20 starts buffering of “moov” of the MP4 file B acquired from the content server 10 (S 310 ).
  • the selection unit 250 of the content reproduction apparatus 20 can determine whether a referred file of “trak” in “moov” belongs to an alternative media group obtained by encoding at different bit rates by checking “minfo” in “moov”.
  • the selection unit 250 selects a segment Bi of the MP4 file B having the standard bit rate.
  • the acquisition unit 220 requests the segment Bi of the MP4 file B selected by the selection unit 250 from the content server 10 by using “HTTP: GET URL-B with Range” (S 312 ). More specifically, the acquisition unit 220 requests the segment Bi of the MP4 file B from the content server 10 by specifying network position information of the MP4 file B and position information of the segment Bi in the MP4 file B in bytes. The network position information of the MP4 file B and the position information of the segment Bi in the MP4 file B in bytes are described in “moov” of the MP4 file B received in step S 308 . Then, the communication unit 140 of the content server 10 transmits the segment Bi of the MP4 file B to the content reproduction apparatus 20 as “HTTP: Response” (S 316 ).
  • the reproduction unit 240 starts reproduction of the segment Bi (S 320 ). If it is difficult to read from the buffer sufficiently even when a certain time passes after starting buffering (S 310 ), the network band can be considered to be insufficient. In such a case, subsequent segment reading may be switched to segments in the file C from S 316 . Similarly, if predetermined segments are determined to be bufferable earlier, it is also possible to start reproduction after segments of the file A being buffered (S 320 ).
  • the acquisition unit 220 of the content reproduction apparatus 20 requests the next segment Bj from the content server 10 by using “HTTP: GET URL-B with Range” (S 324 ). Then, the communication unit 140 of the content server 10 transmits the next segment Bj to the content reproduction apparatus 20 as “HTTP: Response” (S 328 ).
  • the selection unit 250 selects a segment Ck of the MP4 file C having a low bit rate.
  • the acquisition unit 220 requests the segment Ck of the MP4 file C selected by the selection unit 250 from the content server 10 by using “HTTP: GET URL-C with Range” (S 336 ).
  • the communication unit 140 of the content server 10 that has received the request transmits the segment Ck of the MP4 file C to the content reproduction apparatus 20 as “HTTP: Response” (S 340 ).
  • the selection unit 250 selects the segment B 1 of the MP4 file B having the standard bit rate.
  • the acquisition unit 220 requests the segment B 1 of the MP4 file B selected by the selection unit 250 from the content server 10 by using “HTTP: GET URL-B with Range” (S 348 ). Then, the communication unit 140 of the content server 10 transmits the segment B 1 of the MP4 file B to the content reproduction apparatus 20 as “HTTP: Response” (S 352 ).
  • the selection unit 250 selects a segment Am of the MP4 file A having a high bit rate.
  • the acquisition unit 220 requests the segment Am of the MP4 file A selected by the selection unit 250 from the content server 10 by using “HTTP: GET URL-A with Range” (S 360 ). Then, the communication unit 140 of the content server 10 transmits the segment Am of the MP4 file A to the content reproduction apparatus 20 as “HTTP: Response” (S 352 ).
  • the selection unit 250 similarly selects a segment having a bit rate to be requested in accordance with the buffering amount of the buffer 230 , and the acquisition unit 220 acquires the segment selected by the selection unit 250 from the content server 10 .
  • reproduction can be prevented from being broken off when the band of the network 12 is small and high-quality reproduction can be realized when the band of the network 12 is large.
  • loads on the content server 10 can be reduced because the band of the network 12 can be determined and the segment to be requested can be selected from the content reproduction apparatus 20 side.
  • FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing a modification of the MP4 file generated by the file generation unit 120 in the present embodiment. If, as shown in FIG. 10 , access information to “trak” of the MP4 file A is written into “trak” of the MP4 file B, the content reproduction apparatus 20 can acquire “trak” of the MP4 file A by analyzing “trak” of the MP4 file B and using the described access information. Thus, the content reproduction apparatus 20 can acquire the segments A 1 , A 2 , . . . based on “trak” of the MP4 file A and Sample Description box described therein.
  • the content reproduction apparatus 20 can acquire “trak” of the MP4 file C by analyzing “trak” of the MP4 file B and using the described access information.
  • the content reproduction apparatus 20 can also acquire the segments C 1 , C 2 , . . . based on “trak” of the MP4 file C and Sample Description box described therein.
  • the MP4 file format may be extended to write an extended box shown below into “minfo”, “ ⁇ uuid_value>: T. B. D” into “extended_type” in the syntax, the URL of the referred MP4 file into “location”, and the identifier of “trak” in the referred MP4 file into “track_ID”.
  • the content reproduction apparatus 20 can recognize that alternative media data as media data on a track of the file B is located on a track indicated by track_id of the file C.
  • bit rate information such as the maximum bit rate maxbitrate and the average bit rate avgbitrate of media are also described, which can be used by the content reproduction apparatus 20 to determine the encoded data segments of which are to be acquired.
  • the above configuration is similarly applicable to a file format in which access information contained in “moov” is arranged in a distributed manner by using “moov” and “moof”.
  • “trak” and “traf” of another file can be accessed using “trak” of the MP4 file B by writing access information to “trak” of the other file into “trak”.
  • FIG. 11 is an explanatory view showing a modification of the MP4 file generated by the file generation unit 120 in the present embodiment.
  • the content reproduction apparatus 20 can acquire “trak” of the MP4 file A by analyzing “trak” of the MP4 file B and using the described access information.
  • the content reproduction apparatus 20 can also acquire segments A 11 , A 12 , . . . based on “trak” of the MP4 file A.
  • the content reproduction apparatus 20 can acquire “trak” of the MP4 file C by analyzing “trak” of the MP4 file B and using the described access information.
  • the content reproduction apparatus 20 can also acquire segments C 11 , C 12 , . . . based on “trak” of the MP4 file C and each “traf”.
  • position information of each moof may be acquired by using Movie Fragment Random access box described in the MP4 file to access, after the relevant moof information being acquired, each segment of mdat subsequent to the moof.
  • mdat immediately after “moof” can be read without time delay by reading moof information in advance and analyzing “traf”.
  • the selection unit 250 of the content reproduction apparatus 20 selects segments having the bit rate to be requested in accordance with the band of the network 12 and the acquisition unit 220 acquires the selected segment from the content server 10 . Therefore, according to the present embodiment, loads on the content server 10 can be reduced.
  • the present embodiment mostly conforms to existing standards such as HTTP and MP4. Therefore, the present embodiment is compatible with streaming using existing HTTP and MP4 and can minimize extensions so that smooth introduction thereof can be expected.
  • each MP4 file can be used not only for streaming, but also for downloading without hindrance.
  • each step of processing of the content reproduction system 1 herein is not necessarily executed chronologically in the order described as a sequence diagram.
  • each step of processing of the content reproduction system 1 may be executed in an order different from the order described as a sequence diagram or in parallel.
  • a computer program to cause hardware such as the CPU 201 , the ROM 202 , and the RAM 203 contained in the content reproduction apparatus 20 and the content server 10 to perform the function equivalent to that of each component of the content reproduction apparatus 20 and the content server 10 described above can be created.
  • a storage medium in which the computer program is stored is also provided.
  • encoded data at the standard bit rate is arranged in the first data file, but encoded data at a low bit rate or a high bit rate may also be arranged.
  • encoded data is arranged in the first data file, but only access information to such encoded data may be arranged in moof of the first data file.
  • FIG. 7 an example in which “moov”, “moof”, and “mdat” are arranged in a distributed manner is shown, but distributed arrangement may be limited to the first data file so that, as shown in FIG. 8 , other data files are constituted by “moov” and “mdat” corresponding thereto.
  • FIG. 12 shows an embodiment when the first data file does not contain encoded data.
  • the first data file has access information to each segment arranged in other data files described therein. Access information is arranged in the first data file in a distributed manner by using “moov” and “moof” and each “moof” has only access information to segments of only one data file described therein.
  • “traf” of each of a video track and an audio track has access information to each segment described in each “moof” and access information to segments in a range of sets of “moof” arranged consecutively (three sets in this case) described therein.
  • each “trak” of “moov” does not contain access information to segments and the next three “moof” have access information from segment 1 to segment (i- 1 ) described therein. Similarly, the next three “moof” have access information from segment i to segment (j- 1 ) described therein and further, the next three “moof” have access information from segment j to segment (k- 1 ) described therein.
  • the arrangement order of “trak” in “moov” that is, B, C, A
  • the arrangement order of “traf” in three “moof” that is, B, C, A
  • segment information of each data file is divided in units of “moof” and thus, the content reproduction apparatus 20 can perform adaptive streaming while selecting a data file of the appropriate bit rate matching network conditions by acquiring and holding only “moof” of a necessary data file without holding access information to segments of all data files.
  • Data files that do not contain encoded data are not distributed by “moof” and are constituted by “moov” and “mdat” and thus, such data files can be used for a content reproduction apparatus that only supports streaming using existing HTTP and MP4.
  • a mechanism may be provided to reproduce a first MP4 file if a content reproduction apparatus is provided for adaptive streaming and otherwise, an MP4 file that is not distributed is reproduced.
  • a method by which a content reproduction apparatus is caused to disclose each URL and attributes thereof to select the URL based on capability and attributes of the content reproduction apparatus is known.

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